Sommerville v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting “that failure to challenge for cause or if said challenge is not sustained, failure to use any available peremptory challenge to remove the objectionable juror, precludes reliance upon the juror’s disqualification upon appeal”
• jurors should be questioned individually whenever there is a \significant possibility\ that a juror has been exposed to \potentially prejudicial material\

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Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Cooper v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1992-06-09· cited 1,162×
• State v. Oody
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1991-05-30· cited 491×
• State v. Thacker
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2005-04-27· cited 449×
• State v. Hutchison
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 182×
• State v. Porterfield
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1988-01-19· cited 124×
• State v. Furlough
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1990-04-10· cited 112×
• State v. Garland
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1981-02-10· cited 94×
• State v. Wooden
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1983-07-08· cited 93×
• State v. Kyger
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1989-09-27· cited 91×
• State v. Simon
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1982-06-01· cited 69×
• State v. Shepherd
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1992-11-24· cited 47×
• State v. Claybrook
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1987-09-08· cited 45×
• State v. Poe
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1988-07-18· cited 41×
• Mothershed v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1978-08-31· cited 36×
• Brady v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1979-04-05· cited 30×
• State v. Delk
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1985-01-08· cited 27×
• State v. Johnson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1985-10-28· cited 24×
• State v. Littlefield
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1977-06-20· cited 16×
• State v. Prince
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1986-01-28· cited 14×
• State v. Crawford
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1981-05-22· cited 11×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Chaffin v. Stynchcombe
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-21· cited 874×
• R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1973-03-05· cited 199×
• Wooten v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1897-06-10· cited 22×
• Joseph Levine v. Courtland C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
  Fourth Circuit· 1971-07-02· cited 13×
• James Chaffin v. Leroy Stynchcombe, Sheriff of Fulton County
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-02-29· cited 13×
• Martin v. Pendergrass v. W. S. Neil, Warden, Helen Jones Recor v. Martha K. Linder, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 1972-02-29· cited 11×
• Emilio Casias v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-04-26· cited 5×
• State Ex Rel. Pinkard v. Henderson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1969-10-28· cited 5×
• Somerville v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1972-06-14· cited 5×
• Bowers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1974-03-11· cited 3×
• Linder v. Recor
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-11· cited 1×

Other cases named Sommerville v. State

4 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Sommerville v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-06-20· cited 13×
• Sommerville v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1979-12-18· cited 1×
• Sommerville v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1989-09-29· cited 1×
• Sommerville v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1924-12-16